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Illinois Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services Brace for Potential Medicaid Cuts
About 3.9 million Illinoisans are enrolled in Medicaid. Of that total, 44% of Medicaid recipients are children, 9% are ...
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Medicaid enrollment, spending soar in Illinois as Congress weighs cuts
Expansions to Medicaid because of the Affordable Care Act and COVID-19 have increased the program in Illinois as Congress ...
With proposed Medicaid cuts, southern Illinois hospitals may be forced to slash services
Touchette Regional Hospital relies on Medicaid for as much as 78% of its revenue — more than any other local hospital.
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‘Devastating consequences’: Pritzker emphasizes importance of protecting Medicaid from federal cuts
Gov. JB Pritzker warned that federal cuts to Medicaid would have devastating consequences for millions of Illinoisans, and ...
Immigrant families scramble as state health insurance for some noncitizens faces the axe in Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget plan
The impact of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s plan to eliminate a health insurance program for noncitizen immigrants ages 42 to ...
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Walgreens settles long-running kickback lawsuit for $5M
It marks the end of an 11-year dispute that started when two whistleblowers claimed Walgreens’ practices violated the False ...
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Durbin, Pritzker put pressure on Republicans to oppose cuts to key programs
TAYLORVILLE — Voters must put pressure on congressional Republicans to oppose any budget bill that makes major cuts to ...
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5 things to know as Dr. Oz gets one step closer to leading Medicare and Medicaid
The former TV doctor made it through a tight vote in the Senate Finance committee with only Republican support.
Health coverage for Chicago area immigrants jeopardized in Gov. Pritzker’s budget proposal
Nearly 33,000 Illinoisans without legal status — including 22,000 in Cook County — could be left without health care if lawmakers approve Gov. JB Pritzker's budget proposal to eliminate a costly ...
California has a $6.2 billion Medicaid funding gap partly due to expanding immigrant coverage
California faces a $6.2 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services. The shortfall could force Democratic Gov.
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With proposed Medicaid cuts, southern Illinois hospitals may be forced to slash services
Larry McCulley, president and CEO of Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation, discusses his concerns about possible Medicaid cuts during a news conference at SIHF Cahokia Heights Health Center on ...